Music-stand.



PATENTED JAN. 22, 1907.

J. F. FIT'Z SIMMONS.

MUSIC STAND.

APPLIUATION 1111.311 JULYal, 1905.

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No. 841,953. PATBNTED JAN. 22, 1907.

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MUSIG- STAND. APPLIOATION FILED JULY B1, 1905.

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JAY F. FITZ SIMMONS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

MUSIC-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

Application filed July 31,1905. Serial No. 272,042.

T all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAY F. FITZ SIMMONS,

I of Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music-Stands7 of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to .provide a stand which will enable the musician to play an overture or other piece of music of three or more pages without the necessity of turning the leaves of the music.

The invention consists generally in a revolving rack having means for holding music thereon and mechanism operated by the foot of the musician for revolving the rack.

Further, the invention consists in providing a rack adapted to support large or small sheets of music.

Further, the invention consists in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a music-rack embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the supporting-standard. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the upper portion of the standard, showing the curved upper end and the means -for supporting the rack thereon. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing in detail the mechanism for revolving the rack. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the rack or music-support. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the upper end of the standard. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line Qc of Fig. 7.

In the drawings, 2 represents a hollow standard having the usual legs 3, connected with the standard by braces 4. The standard has a curved upper end, as shown in Fig. 3, to provide for the proper inclination of the rack or music-support. A joint is provided in the standard at 5, and longitudinal grooves 6 are provided in the inside walls of one of the standard-sections. 7 is a rod fitting within said standard and held against longitudinal movement therein by an annular groove 8 and pin 8 and provided with a spiral groove 9 between the grooves 6 in the walls of the standard. A rod 10 is provided within said standard below the rod 7 and has arms 1 land 12 extending upwardly within the grooves 6 on each side of the rod 7 and provided at their upper ends with hooks 13, which project into the spiral groove 9, as shown in Fig.

4. The walls of the grooves 6 prevent the arms 11 and 12 from turning within the standard, and when the rod 7 is drawn down the movement of the hooks 13 in the spiral groove will cause the rod 7 to revolve. The

rod 10 is provided with a shoulder 14, which engages a stop 15 in the wall of the standard to limit the downward movement of the rod. The lower end of the rod 1.0 is provid ed with a tongue 16, through which a pin 17 passes into slots 18, provided in thelugs 19 on the upper end of a block 20, which is vertically slidable within said standard. A pin 21 is provided in said block, projecting through a vertical slot in the wall of the standard, which is provided with an offset 23 at its lower end. A spring 24, secured to the side of said slot, directs the pin 21 into said offset, and a spring 25 within said standard below said block normally tends to hold said block and rods in their elevated position. The upper end of the'rod 7 is provided with a series of swiveled links 26 within the curved end portion of the hollow standard and forming a iieXible shaft at that point. The upper link of the series has a socket 27 to receive a flat stud 28 on the lower end of the music-rack 29. This upper link is also provided with a pin 30 in position to engage stops 31 on the upper end of the standard and limit the revolution of the rack thereon, allowing it to make a half-turn.

The rack, as shown in Fig. 6, is skeleton in form, having a centrally-arranged spring-rod 32 to hold the music on the rack and provided near its middle with horizontal cross-bars 33, pivoted at 34 to one of the side rails of the rack and having slots 35 at their inner ends to receive pins 36. These cross-bars form a backing or rest for the shorter leaves of music. I also provide bars 37, pivoted at one end near the bars 33 and having anges 38, which lap over the upper edges of the bars 33 to clamp the top of the music thereon. At the lower end of the rack a socket 39 is formed, into which the lower edge of the music is inserted. At the top of the rack on each end a bar40 is pivoted, having aiange41, adapted to lap by the vertical edge of the music and -hold the leaves in placeon the rack. .At the top of the rack, on each side of the center thereof, bars similar to the bars 37 are pivoted and having iianges which overhang the long sheets of music in the same manner as the flanges 38 on the bars 37 overhang the short sheets.

Whenthe bars 37 are not in use, they may be allowed to swing down to a vertical position and the bars 33 unhooked and swung to a point where they will not in-` terfere with the reading of the music from either side of the rack.

To use the device, the musician will place his music on the rack, using either the upper or lower clamping-bars, according to the size of the music, and when he has played the first two pages he will place his foot on the pin 2l and force it down into the offset 3 and revolve the rack a half-revolution. rllhe back of the pages will then be visible through the rack, and the musician can proceed with his playing without any interruption. Vhen the piece of music is finished, the musician will press the pin 2l with his foot out of the offset 23, and the spring will revolve the rack back to its normal position. The slots in the ears on the upper end of the block allow sufficient rotation of' the block for the pin to enter the offset and lock the block in its depressed position.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a music-stand, the combination with a hollow standard having a curved upper end, of a rod within said standard having a flexible extension at its upper end, a musicrack mounted on said extension, and means for rotating said rod and rack.

2. The combination, with a hollow standard, of a rod arranged therein and locked against longitudinal movement and having a spiral groove in its periphery, a second rod having hooks to enter said groove and locked against rotation and having a vertical movement in said standard, a spring normally holding said second rod in its raised position, means arranged to be depressed by the foot of the musician for actuating said rods, and a music rest or support connected with the upper end of said first-named rod and adapted to make a half-revolution therewith, substantially as described.

3. In a music-stand, the combination, with a hollow standard having a curved upper end, of a rod within said standard having a flexible extension at its upper end, a musicrack mounted on said flexible extension, means arranged to be operated by the foot of the musician for rotating said rod, and means for returning said rod to its normal position when released.

4. A music-rack consisting of side and middle bars, and cross-bars connecting the ends of said side bars, and an intermediate cross-bar 33 pivoted to one of said side bars and detachably connected to said middle bar, substantially as described.

5. In a music-rack, the combination, with the side and middle bars and the top and bottom cross-bars, of an intermediate cross-bar 33 connecting said side and middle bars and detachable at one end, and a bar 37 pivoted at one end and having a flange to overhang said intermediate cross-bar, for the purpose specified.

6. In a music-stand, the combination with a hollow standard having a curved upper end, of a rod arranged therein and having a flexible shaft extension at its upper end, said rod being locked against longitudinal movement but free to rotate within said standard, a music-rack supported on the flexible extension of said rod, and means for rotating said rod.v

7. ln a music-stand, the combination with a hollow standard having a curved upper end, of a rod arranged within said standard and having a flexible extension at its upper end and capable of rotating in said standard but locked against longitudinal movement, a music-rack attached to said flexible extension, means adapted to be operated by the foot of the musician for rotating said rod, and a spring device for returning said rod to its normal position when released, substantially as described.

In witness whereof l have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of July, 1905.

JA T F. FITZ SIMMONS.

Vitnesses:

RICHARD PAUL, C. MACNAMARA. 

